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bayhaqi:14104[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr b. Rajāʾ > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr And Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Wahb b. Jarīr [Chain 2] Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. Salamah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd Abū Qudāmah > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh ؓ

[Machine] The Jews said, "When a man approaches his wife from behind, the child is born more handsome." Then came down the verse, "Your wives are a tilth for you, so approach your tilth when or how you will" [Al-Baqarah 2:223]. If Allah wills, the child will be born more handsome, and if He wills, otherwise. However, this is only in regards to the choice for entering from the front or back. This is the wording of the Hadith of Abu Qudamah.  

البيهقي:١٤١٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَا ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو قُدَامَةَ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِذَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ مُجَبِّيَةً كَانَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223] إِنْ شَاءَ مُجَبِّيَةً وَإِنْ شَاءَ غَيْرَ مُجَبِّيَةٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي صِمَامٍ وَاحِدٍ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي قُدَامَةَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ

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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ جَوَازِ مُوَاقَعَةِ الْمَرْءِ أَهْلَهُ عَلَى أَيِّ حَالٍ أَحَبَّ إِذَا قَصَدَ فِيهِ مَوْضِعَ الْحَرْثِ

ibnhibban:4166Aḥmad b. Zuhayr Bitustar > Zayd b. Akhzam > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir

[Machine] The Jews said, "Indeed, when a man approaches his wife and she is on her period, if their child is conceived, it is closer related to the wife. But if their child is not conceived, then they are equal in relationship, as they share the same lineage."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ بِتُسْتَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ رَاشِدٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ مُجَبِّيَةٌ جَاءَ وَلَدُهُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} إِنْ شَاءَ مُجَبِّيَةً وَإِنْ شَاءَ غَيْرَ مُجَبِّيَةٍ إِذَا كَانَ فِي صِمَامٍ وَاحِدٍ»  

bayhaqi:14101Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Marzūq > Wahb b. Jarīr > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] When a man came to his wife in a state of impurity, the child born as a result was brownish. This was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ , and then the verse was revealed: "Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will" (Quran 2:223).  

البيهقي:١٤١٠١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ قَالَتِ

الْيَهُودُ إِذَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ بَارِكَةً جَاءَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنَزَلَتْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَثْنَى عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ
bayhaqi:14102Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Shādhān > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Kānat al-Yahūd

When a man has intercourse with his wife through the vagina but being on her back. the child will have squint, so the verse came down:" Your wives are your tilth; go then unto your tilth as you may desire" (ii. 223) (Using translation from Muslim 1435a)   

البيهقي:١٤١٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ فِي قُبُلِهَا مِنْ دُبُرِهَا كَانَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223]  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ